Untitled (Woman and Child)

Photograph

Dorros Photography Collection

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2022.282

Description

A fashionable mother dressed in black, black dangle earrings, white collar, black leather gloves, and long gold chatelaine with pen stands beside her young son standing on a chair and wearing a printed dress. Mother has tinted cheeks. Possibly Belgian.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Daguerreotype

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Role

Photographer

Date made

circa 1855

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed dimensions

Height

9 in

Width

8 in

Depth

1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Plate size: Half (Euro); approximately 6 x 5 inches

Condition

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Date Examined

Oct 21, 2022

Examined By

Rosanna Hemerik

Notes

Black gesso over wood wall frame with pass partout black/white, gold mat, mount; glass residues, abrasions, scratches; plate/image light brown, opaque staining on outer edge.